xcea
join:2002-09-11
Fremont, CA
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| 49.95 is not low enough
$49.95 is not low enough! SBC in my area offers unlimited local and long distance for $48.95. MCI offers in the neighborhood plan for $49.95 also with unlimited local and long distance. I have the MCI one and it comes with more features like caller ID, call waiting.
It is hard to trust SBC again after they have charged you 9 cents a minute for a local call when you were only paying 5 cents a minute for long distance... Or when you connect service and they give you a phone number and you tell it to everyone and when they connect it is different and they say, if a business customer asks for the number we give it to them and assign you a different one... Damn that SBC...
MCI's voice mail is kinda lame in that it does not notify you when you have a message. (I have not activated the voice mail because of that)
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lestat99
join:2000-08-04
Piscataway, NJ
| Yes, both SBC and MCI have unlimited long distance programs for approx $39/month. However, what you aren't factoring in is that Vonage includes the second line (phone number) as well.
To compare apples to apples you have to account for the base cost of your phone line from your local provider which is typically, $26/month, plus factor in the cost of all of the features that Vonage offers such as vmail, call waiting, CLID, etc and now you are most likely around $40 just for the line before you even begin to make calls.
So a fair comparision is $40 for your traditional phone number plus $40 for the unlimited programs from MCI and SBC ($80) compared to Vonage which is $39/month which includes the phone line, features, taxes and unlimited long distance.
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cmaenginsb
Premium,MVM
join:2001-03-19
Palmdale, CA
| reply to xcea
You'll notice SBCs plan is like a dollar less than Vonage's. The reason the plan was introduced was in response to Vonage and by dropping the price just one dollar they figure those who have SBC won't be likely to switch since in most areas switching still requires a new number.
Vonage is more comparable to the MCI plan, offering call waiting, caller id, voicemail etc.
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